Syntax Highlighting on Blogger

Since this is a Technical Blog, concerning topics that have to do with programming mostly I wanted to add some sort of syntax highlighting library to this website. Blogger allows you do fully edit your HTML (actually XML) template, so I did the following:

1. Looked up syntax highlighting on blogger
2. Ended up here: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/29/flickr-mysql-dba-blog/
   Note how someone states in the comments that it SHOULD be possible to add dp.SyntaxHighlighter since the template is editable.
3. I did as instructed.. I upload the library to my personal website, and editted the template so that the files were included.
4. I surrounded code blocks as instructed by dp.SyntaxHighligher...

The end result: I ended up with each block of code showing as one line of code, with a <br /> tag at the beginning and at the end.

What I discovered was that blogger prints a post on a SINGLE LINE. All new line are omitted (even if you didn't use 'Compose' mode, but editted the HTML directly). SyntaxHighlighter can't cope with this (expects newline characters, etc.).

Blogger, this is seriously messed up and I would REALLY appreciate native syntax highlighting support, or if that is not going to happen a way to include third party libraries and make it work properly!

Furthermore I do like to recommend dp.SyntaxHighlighter if you can't syntax highligh server side! The library is very extensive, easy to use and produces very nice syntax!

Integrating DIGG into your blogger

In a (successful) attempt to include a 'Digg this' button into this blog I came across this website which quite clearly explains how it is done. I have only one addition, when replacing the code you need to 'download the full template' first, edit that file and upload it again.

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Welcome to my Technology Blog! In the past I was part of the (late) Genesis Evolved tech blog team. The site sadly died, but after taking a little break I have decided to get back at writing some technical articles for your reading pleasure and interest. The topics covered on this weblog will mainly be web development and web technology. You can expect useful tutorials, tips and links, alongside interesting technical/ethical debates.

About the author:
My name is Paul van Iterson. I'm a 21 year old Dutch web developer / Information Technology & Economics student at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. I work for a web development company and run a small web dev firm on the side. I have an active interest in the Internet and its surrounding technologies and through this blog I hope to share my knowledge and insights with the world.

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